Work and careers
Whether you are looking for information about planning your
career, interview skills or pay help is available.
Planning your career
Connexions
Information on career choices can be found through
Connexions which
provides a searchable careers database including pay levels to help
you with your job hunting.
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are a work based training scheme that provide
16-24 year olds with opportunities to earn while they learn. Find
out more about the Kent Success Apprenticeship scheme. Information
about other apprenticeship schemes is available from
Connexions.
Career information
- Read details about National Minimum Wage entitlement on the
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
website.
- The Channel 4 website
includes a personality test to help you find the right career, and
video interviews with people already working in a range of job
roles.
- Learn Direct offers advice on
interview skills, a CV builder and information on volunteering as
well as paid work.
- Use the online calculators on the Tax Central
website which include payslip and tax code checkers to help you
make sure your take home pay is correct.
- Start planning ahead by using the pensions calculator on the
Scottish
Widows website for a quick guide on how much you need to
save now to pay for the kind of retirement you want.